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I would say that mass is a property, rather than a thing. Mass is one of the properties of matter. The other main property of matter, I suppose, is that it occupies space (or has volume) which ultimately comes down to the fact that the particles that matter is made from are fermions and obey the Pauli exclusion principle!

I learned all I know about this fault zone from this excellent Twitter thread:

I pondered that initially. It wasn't (and still isn't) clear what the OP was discussing. Unless they come back and clarify, I'm just going to leave it here to die!

No, it is a completely different fault. (And hence a completely different type of quake.)

I think I fixed your Latex (no idea if it is correct or not!)

I certainly don't know how magnetic pulses would interact (if they even would). But I doubt that you can bounce them around like ping-pong balls. You would need to show that: 1. Such a system can generate asymmetric magnetic pulses 2. That the pulses carry significant momentum 3. That this is more efficient than existing electromagnetic (or even chemical) propulsion systems. How short do you need the pulse to be? It is practical to generate attosecond (10-18 second) pulses: https://www.science.gov/topicpages/m/magnetic+pulse+generator

What is that based on?

So you are proposing to generate electromagnetic pulses using a scheme that you don't understand and don't think is possible? This raises the obvious question: why? We have extremely efficient methods for converting electric power into directional electromagnetic radiation. (The word "laser" comes to mind, for some reason.) So why try and invent a new one, when you don't understand how or if it could work? I'm sure it would. But you might want to explain what the point is, first.

It doesn't;t really matter what goes on internally, as long as it can cause an asymmetrical change in momentum. I don't see how your system of two wires can do that. To show that it could, you would (I'm afraid) need to work through the mathematics. I can imagine a system of three wires, with correctly phased pulses (or sine waves) could conceivably generate asymmetric electromagnetic radiation. But it would be incredibly inefficient (even if the wires were carefully designed coils, and there was a complex algorithm used to control them). Just use a laser!

You have talked about a "pulse of magnetism" and, as far as I know, there is not really any such thing. A changing (pulsed) magnetic (or electric) field will generate electromagnetic waves (aka light). This can either be described classically (as waves) or using quantum theory as quantised perturbations of the field (quanta, or photons in the case of light). Practically, in this context, it makes no difference. Light waves carry momentum. So do photons. They re just two mathematical formalisms for describing the same thing.

I think the other problem is that cosmic rays have such high energy that it would be hard to generate a magnetic field strong enough to deflect them significantly.

It is not clear what you mean by “internal forces”. For example, imagine using a semiconductor laser to generate the thrust. Are there any internal forces involved there?

It has absolutely nothing to do with “watching” I get the impression that this is all based on a profound misunderstanding of what the experiment is and what it shows.

The evidence is just a set of observations. It doesn’t assume anything about the number of dimensions Every experiment has confirmed that light is quantised. No experiment has shown a photon interacting more than once. Setting up multiple single-photon detectors as you request is expensive, difficult and time consuming. No one is going to waste their time on it when our most accurate theory ever, and all previous experiments, tell us what will happen. Science doesn’t proceed by just trying random experiments. It is just too inefficient. Science forums are full of people saying “just try this” for some random idea they have made up. Scientists are too busy trying to find the time and resources to test their own (science-based) ideas. Why do you think that would make a difference?

The existing evidence shows you wrong

Nope. That’s what the evidence tells us. Nope. Each photon is only detected (ie interacts) once. That description bears no relation to the experiment as I know it. Never happened. What does that even mean?

It doesn’t matter how you generate the directional radiation. (But two parallel wires will not do that) Just use a fricking laser! Or put your wires inside a metal sphere with a hole on one side, so the radiation can only leave in one direction

Because the exhaust is ejected in one direction so the rocket moves in the opposite direction. This is getting stupid. You have already been told that if you emit the radiation in one direction then the platform will move in the opposite direction.

Photons are indivisible; a photon can only be detected by a single interaction. You can say “that’s wrong” but the evidence contradicts you. And this was explained by light being quantised.

Look up the photoelectric effect

All I mean is that your imagination cannot compare with actual science (ie reality). The electromagnetic waves you generate carry away momentum. But, because it is symmetrical, there will be no net change to the momentum of the craft. Lets say that your pulse has momentum x to the left, then the platform will gain x to the right. But because the pulse is symmetrical it will have an equal and opposite to the right; this cancels out by giving platform x to the left. It cancels out. The only way to change the momentum of the platform is to release momentum in one direction, which will give the platform momentum in the opposite direction. Irrelevant because that is internal to the system.

We have already established that carries no weight. A pair of wires may not radiate spherically, but it will still be symmetrical. And the force between the wires is irrelevant as it is entirely within the system. There seems little point carrying on with this. Because there is no way you can beat the law of conservation of momentum.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microwave_auditory_effect Never mind the practical problems of “hooligans” building a portable, high-power, directional microwave transmitter and then using it without being spotted... I imagine that attempting something like that would break all sorts of laws.

As already noted, if you can get the radiation to leave the system asymmetrically then you will generate a (minute) thrust because radiation has momentum. Just shine a torch out the back, for example. (The force between two wires is irrelevant in this case; all that matters is the momentum leaving the system.)

At 6:00 "this is to create a water vapour so that the light scatters out" You are seeing light reflected by water droplets.